Abstract
Little information exists about finding and managing live bats injured at wind turbines. Our study examines field methods for finding, and successfully treating and releasing, bats and humanely euthanizing those that are terminally injured. Our discovery rate of live and injured bats was greater at turbines searched daily than at turbines searched weekly, and immediate in-field rehydration proved essential in successful treatment. This information can be used to assist in mitigating bat fatalities at wind energy facilities through the timely discovery, treatment, and release of live bats,